Carlisle

Whitfield

Location: Carlisle - A6, Barrock Hill near CarlisleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: An infamous highwayman, Whitfield was finally caught and hanged for murder - but the rope was not tight enough and several days later a passing coachman heard Whitfield crying and moaning, dangling from the noose. To end the suffering, the coachman shot the hanging man; Whitfield's ghost can still be heard today crying for help.

Margery Jackson

Location: Carlisle - Botcherby areaType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1960sFurther Comments: A farm cottage on top of a hill, long since demolished, was said to be haunted by an old woman. Jackson always wore old clothing and wooden clogs and was thought to be poor, though when she died she was found to have hidden away £50,000. it is thought her ghost was seen in one of the houses since built on the site of her home.

Location: Carlisle - Bypass close to wooded area near AsdaType: ABCDate / Time: 04 August 2012Further Comments: Raymond Sant reported seeing a large black cat with a long tail, the size of a Labrador, as he and his wife drove to Asda.

White Woman

Location: Carlisle - Carlisle CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1842Further Comments: This phantom lady was once challenged by a soldier on guard duty - she faded in front of him, and he died of shock several hours later. It is believed the ghost may have belonged to a body found in 1835, bricked up in a castle wall.

Headless Man

Location: Carlisle - Carlisle Railway StationType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Several entities were reported in the Cumberland News to haunt this station, including a headless man on platform eight, another man who points towards the Undercroft, and a woman in a veil who travels along corridors.

Pourer

Location: Carlisle - Citadel RestaurantType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Mid - late twentieth centuryFurther Comments: A tall black shape was seen emerging through a wall, pouring itself onto the ground. An old woman wearing grey was also seen here.

Solway Spaceman

Location: Carlisle - Coastal marshland NW of townType: UFODate / Time: 24 May 1964Further Comments: Jim Templeton, while taking family photographs, caught on film a strange white figure wearing what appears to be a spacesuit floating behind his daughter. Jim stated that the figure was not visible at the time of taking the photograph.

Unlucky Art

Location: Carlisle - Cursing Stone, Carlisle MuseumType: CurseDate / Time: 2001 onwardsFurther Comments: Since the installation of artist Gordon Young's sculpted granite 'Cursing Stone' inscribed with a 16th century curse in one of Carlisle's museums in 2001, misfortune has plagued the city - local farm stock were wiped out by foot-and-mouth disease, a devastating flood occurred, several factories have closed, a boy was murdered in a local bakery and Carlisle United football team dropped a league.

Driver

Location: Carlisle - Diesel Loco 37069Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: While running as Thornaby TMD, this locomotive was said to be haunted by a driver who was killed when an object smashed through the window. The horn is still said to blow unaided and a phantom figure reputed to occasional appear.

Tunnel Dweller

Location: Carlisle - Friar's TavernType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A secret tunnel that connects the Friar's Tavern to the cathedral is thought to be haunted by a entity that constantly travels between the two locations - strange sounds and knockings have been heard, even though parts of the passageway have been blocked.

Victorian Woman

Location: Carlisle - Rented house along Borland Avenue, BotcherbyType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: January 2008Further Comments: While photographing her daughter, Stephanie Harty caught what she believed to be a ghostly Victorian woman in the background of the shot.

Sobbing Child

Location: Carlisle - Residence along Mardale Road, RafflesType: PoltergeistDate / Time: September 2007Further Comments: Allison Marshall and her four children left their home after the building developed strange cold spots and small items began flying across the rooms. The occupants also reported hearing a child sobbing at night. The Carlisle Housing Association, who own the property, said they had arranged for a vicar to visit Alison.

White Blob

Location: Carlisle - Simply Food & Drinks, Durranhill Road, BotcherbyType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: 02 March 2010Further Comments: Reported in local news, staff at this shop reported a white entity which could be seen on CCTV camera. The white shape entered and left the front door of the shop several times over an hour, unnerving the staff, although the 'entity' is more likely to have been an insect close to the lens or light flare.

Horace Wimpole

Location: Carlisle - Woodland near Heatherleigh HallType: Crisis ManifestationDate / Time: Late nineteenth century?Further Comments: A former owner of the property wrote that he saw the ghost of Horace riding on a black horse several times, always just prior to the death of a loved one.